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Remember these damn things? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I miss mine. They were awesome. Just don't touch the bulb when installing it.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago (3 children)

These are awesome still. Replace the halogen bulb with an LED and you’re all set?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (6 children)

I don't know when this started but most bedrooms don't even have a ceiling light anymore, so you still need these floor lamps.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Cheap construction. That was really prevalent in the 60s and 70s, I'm finding a lot of those in my current house hunt

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

It's still common in newer construction. My 2000s house doesn't have ceiling lights in any bedroom but the master bedroom. They just wire half the wall plugs to the switch in the room.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have two of these, they stopped working but I can’t bring myself to throw them away.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you look up The Sharper Image in an encyclopedia, it has a picture of this lamp and a vibrating pillow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

And a sleep mask!

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I still use one of these

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They also put out a huge amount of heat ! Quite useful in old high rise flats !

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Good for heating the ceiling anyway

Knock them over and put the heat where it belongs

[–] [email protected] 100 points 5 months ago (4 children)

What I remember most about them is that they were extremely effective as unintentional bug zappers. The SMELL of instantly vaporized burnt moths in the room is something I'll likely never forget.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

I'm tall so sometimes I was the first person in ages to discover a bug graveyard at someones place.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah! I forgot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Lucky you

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